For more than 20 years in China, Schneider Electric has established fruitful relationships with Chinese partners in the energy and infrastructure, industrial, data center and network, building and residential markets. Especially in the industrial and construction markets, since the official launch of energy efficiency solutions in 2007, Schneider Electric has helped customers save an average of 10% to 30% of energy in every aspect of energy use through a number of energy efficiency solutions.
For more than 20 years in China, Schneider Electric has established fruitful relationships with Chinese partners in the energy and infrastructure, industrial, data center and network, building and residential markets. Especially in the industrial and construction markets, since the official launch of energy efficiency solutions in 2007, Schneider Electric has helped customers save an average of 10% to 30% of energy in every aspect of energy use through a number of energy efficiency solutions.
From the successful delivery of Shanxi Shuozhou Anjialing Coal washing plant, Lafarge Chongqing Nanshan waste heat recovery project to Carrefour energy-saving supermarket and other projects, Schneider Electric not only helps enterprises enhance their competitiveness through high-performance and environmentally friendly energy efficiency concepts, but also infuse sustainable development concepts into energy efficiency projects.
Helping customers to save energy and achieve sustainable development has always been Schneider Electric's strategic goal, and it is also unswervingly implemented in China. Goofy, vice president of Schneider Electric, said in an interview with this newspaper, "The development trend of the energy industry is to use natural resources more effectively and more productively, because energy saving and efficiency is the inevitable way to improve the competitiveness of enterprises and achieve sustainable development." We will spare no effort to promote energy-saving and efficiency strategies across China."
Goofy believes that in the past three years, the energy efficiency business has grown strongly in the Chinese market, and this project is the actual business focus of the company in China, which is also in line with the current Chinese government energy strategy of energy conservation and environmental protection. He explained that the Chinese government attaches great importance to energy conservation and environmental protection, and actively promotes energy conservation and emission reduction, the development of green industries and green economy. In this robust economic environment, Schneider Electric is committed to becoming the energy efficiency partner of large group companies in China's petroleum and petrochemical, power, construction, materials and other industries, and to helping Chinese enterprises establish a long-term energy strategy while protecting the environment.
High efficiency and environmental protection concept of energy saving and efficiency
"To succeed in the Chinese market and achieve our long-term goals in energy efficiency, the key is to rely on the competitiveness and technical capabilities of energy efficiency projects, as well as constant attention to changes in the market." Goofy said the Chinese government is very concerned about energy use and sees energy conservation as a necessary measure to implement economic development. At the same time, with the support of government policies, enterprises realize that energy conservation and efficiency can effectively reduce the operating costs of enterprises, so as to improve the competitiveness of enterprises, which provides the possibility of establishing cooperation in the future. Because of Schneider Electric's extensive business portfolio, innovative energy efficiency concepts are world leaders in the field of energy optimization.
Schneider has a broad industry focus and the most comprehensive business structure in the industry. From the company's core business power and automation control, medium and low voltage distribution to a number of emerging business power monitoring and control, building automation and security, in the business structure to achieve the perfect complement of core and emerging business. At the same time, Schneider can provide customers with more than 70 standard energy efficiency solutions and 300 energy efficiency products for the huge industry market. As a result, Schneider Electric can best meet the needs of the energy efficiency market in China.
Energy saving and efficiency life cycle program
"Customers want to find a solution provider that can deliver integrity and meet performance requirements," Goofy said. In the next three years, Schneider Electric hopes to be able to provide unique solutions to the needs of customers, so that customers can experience the results obtained through energy saving." He explained that achieving this goal requires a detailed and patient presentation to customers of the company's innovative ideas and advanced technologies for energy efficiency. With an understanding of the value of energy efficiency and more than 20 years of experience in the Chinese market, Schneider Electric has translated the work of energy efficiency into concrete plans, programs and management systems.
Energy saving and efficiency improvement itself is a complex system engineering, which involves the choice of management, technology and cooperation mode. As an expert in energy efficiency management, Schneider Electric provides energy saving and efficiency solutions that ensure short-term return on investment and improve the economic efficiency of enterprises. The key is to help customers reduce energy consumption, optimize energy costs and improve the efficiency and reliability of energy supply. At the same time, the overall technical solutions provided need to grasp the overall project, avoid various risks, and provide customers with a choice of energy contract management model according to their own circumstances.
The implementation of energy saving and efficiency improvement projects is a systematic project for enterprises, and the implementation of "large and complete" energy saving and efficiency improvement projects requires a very high overall technical system to reduce potential risks. Schneider Electric proposes to start with "measurement and analysis", grasp management and control, and ensure service and maintenance to provide customers with an effective implementation of energy efficiency.
Active energy saving and efficiency strategy
Various aspects of electricity applications and their impact on the environment have become global concerns. In the face of increasingly urgent energy issues, policy makers in various countries are paying more attention to energy use. Because in the three major links of energy production, transmission and use, the energy consumption of the production link is three times that of the use link. Industrial production and buildings account for more than half of energy consumption. Schneider Energy efficiency solutions account for 73% of the total energy consumption of end users, covering a wide range of energy applications such as lighting, pumps, ventilation and HVAC.
"Our goal is to provide our customers with comprehensive energy efficiency solutions based on reliable solutions and equipment," Goofy said. He explained that the cornerstone of the energy efficiency program is a reliable solution, and when doing energy efficiency projects, when encountering enterprises using old equipment, the first thing to replace these equipment is to ensure the reliability of the goal. This proactive energy efficiency strategy is then measured, monitored, and controlled to optimize energy use and use automated controls to save even more energy.
The specific method of active energy saving and efficiency increase is to enter the user site, measure the energy use of the site, and understand the energy use of the site; The second step is to replace the low-energy equipment and system according to the measurement results; The third step combines the key points of energy consumption together on the entire energy efficiency management platform for management and monitoring, and in accordance with the needs of customers and goals, to ensure that each high energy consumption equipment can achieve energy saving and efficiency indicators; Finally, the energy-saving effect is analyzed continuously through maintenance, supervision and monitoring.
Schneider Electric's "Proactive Energy Efficiency Strategy" enables customers to rigorously implement energy efficiency projects, helping customers save up to 30% of their energy. Lighting systems, heating systems and ventilation systems in buildings can all benefit from "proactive energy efficiency strategies". For example, the power quality improvement and energy-saving renovation project implemented by Anjialing Coal washing plant in Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, saves electricity worth about 4.5 million yuan per year.
Goofy pointed out, "Energy efficiency itself is a complex system engineering, it involves multi-party cooperation with the customer. To ensure the smooth start and implementation of the project and see the energy-saving effect in the short term, we need the joint efforts of customers and us. It's a win-win for everyone, and of course it's our responsibility to the environment we live in."
Integrate sustainability into business development plans
For the future Chinese market, Goofy is full of confidence, "we will unswervingly implement energy saving and efficiency projects in China." He said that in order to achieve ultimate success in the Chinese energy saving market and achieve the goal of energy management experts, it is important to have confidence in this market and train experts who understand the real needs and process requirements of customers to help Schneider Electric serve this market, while protecting the environment, to help itself and its customers establish a long-term energy strategy.
"Since Schneider Electric entered China more than 20 years ago, it has always attached great importance to cooperation with Chinese universities and regarded the cultivation of local professionals as one of the important strategies of Schneider Electric's development," said Goofy. For example, Schneider Electric held a national competition with the theme of "Energy conservation and efficiency" for college students, and carried out expert energy-saving lectures together with the National Development and Reform Commission, which fully reflected Schneider's ambition to cultivate outstanding talents and promote advanced energy conservation and efficiency management models and technologies.
In addition, Schneider Electric is actively engaged in partnerships and mergers and acquisitions to broaden its industrial lineup. The company's investment plan in the Chinese market is to: continuously improve the technical team's ability to provide solutions, but also include regular investment in the sales team; Continuous investment in the R&D center in Shanghai; Further improve the graph of the company's industry solutions.
Schneider Electric partners with the world's best energy management companies in power and refrigeration management, building automation and security, and industrial automation in the development of energy efficiency and energy efficiency technologies. The managers of these companies are the elites and experts in the field, and what Schneider Electric wants to do is to string these "pearls" and ultimately reflect the professionalism in the complete solution provided to the customer.
"Schneider Electric is an important partner for China when it comes to sustainable energy." Today, Schneider Electric already has a lot of experience in energy efficiency management, Mr. Goofy said. The industry covers a wide range, energy saving and efficiency programs are diversified, and the energy saving and efficiency team is excellent. "We will grow with the Chinese economy, and strive to use advanced energy saving and efficiency solutions to promote a more coordinated development of China's economy, society, resources and environmental protection, and contribute to society and the environment."
